From: Sally MacLaren (sally@amug.org)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 12:06:09 PST
I am sorry, but I am unable to help you at all. I certainly do wish you loads of luck in your search. I was an Army nurse during World War11 and was in Europe, but what I know would be of no help to you. Sincerely, Sally Mac Laren Monica Drake wrote: > Good morning. I am working on my mother's genealogy and can see that it will > be both interesting and troubling. I will give some background before I ask > my question. My mother was born in 1940 in Greifenberg, Austria (in > Karnten). Her own mother was only 14, so mom was raised by her grandparents. > Mom knew her mother and saw her occassionally around town, but basically > considered her grandparents to be her parents and didnt have much more of a > family. In interviewing her for my genealogical research, she has only vague > memories of her mother's family but has supplied me with the following: Her > mother had a brother who was part of the Hitler Youth. My mom's > understanding (what she was told) is that anyone who wished to attend > University had to join but that besides his name being on a piece of paper, > he didn't do anything involving the group. I have been trying to research > this organization and have found much, very troubling information about the > HJ in Germany but nothing s! > pecifically about Austria. Does anyone know if the HJ was run differently > in occupied Austria or was my mother told about the University angle to > squelch guilt that perhaps the family had? What I have read seems to > contradict what my mom was told. My grandmother had one other brother whom > my Ggrandparents sent over the mountains into Switzerland right at the > beginning of the occupation, so I have questions about why one son left to > attend school there and the other chose to remain in Austria. Thank you very > much in advance for your time and response. THis is a wonderfull > site/service you have set up here and of great educational value. > > Monica Erdahl